EDITED BY Lotte Rienecker Peter Stray Jørgensen Jens Dolin Gitte Holten Ingerslev UNIVERSITY TEACHING AND LEARNING University Teaching and Learning CHAPTER 4.5.1. Activities in and between teaching sessions University Teaching and Learning Edited by Lotte Rienecker, Peter Stray Jørgensen, Jens Dolin and Gitte Holten Ingerslev Samfundslitteratur Lotte Rienecker, Peter Stray Jørgensen, Jens Dolin and Gitte Holten Ingerslev (eds.) University Teaching and Learning 1. edition 2015 © Samfundslitteratur 2015 Original edition in Danish with the title Universitetspædagogik published by Samfundslitteratur 2013. The translation of this work was made possible by a grant from Lundbeck Foundation Translation: Elisabeth Li Translation revised by: Nicolai Paulsen Cover: Imperiet Cover illustration: Gitte Holten Ingerslev Typeset: SL grafik (slgrafik.dk) Print: Specialtrykkeriet Viborg A/S ISBN: 978-87-593-1960-4 E-book ISBN: 978-87-593-2252-9 E-chapter 4.5.1. ISBN 978-87-593-2301-4 Resources at: samfundslitteratur.dk/utl Samfundslitteratur Rosenørns Allé 9 DK-1970 Frederiksberg C [email protected] samfundslitteratur.dk All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or used in any form or by any means – graphic, electronic or mechanical including photocopying, recording, taping or information storage or retrieval systems – without permission in writing from Samfundslitteratur. Table of Contents Foreword to the English edition · 15 1.1 Trends in the development of the Danish universities · 17 FREDERIK VOETMANN CHRISTIANSEN, THOMAS HARBOE, SEBASTIAN HORST, LONE KROGH AND LAURA LOUISE SARAUW Humboldt and the research-based university · 17 From elite university to mass university · 20 New governance structures and management styles · 23 Learning outcome and competence-oriented university education · 33 Concluding remarks · 37 Resources · 38 Literature · 40 1.2 Research-based teaching · 43 NINA BONDERUP DOHN AND JENS DOLIN Research-teaching nexus · 44 Different approaches to research-based teaching · 47 Different disciplines’ different approaches to research-based teaching · 51 Examples of research-based teaching · 54 Literature · 62 2.1 Teaching for learning · 65 JENS DOLIN Explicit, implicit and behaviourist learning · 65 Three approaches to teaching · 68 Constructivism · 70 Situated learning, apprenticeship, practice communities · 78 Psychodynamic learning approaches · 82 Progression · 83 Is there a “best practice”? (Or: Can you base teaching on evidence?) · 85 Ideas and practice · 87 Literature · 91 2.2 University teaching and learning – models and concepts · 93 ANNE METTE MØRCKE AND CAMILLA ØSTERBERG RUMP Instructions and options · 93 Models and principles of university teaching and learning · 94 Taxonomies · 100 Resources · 103 Literature · 104 2.3 Teaching environment · 105 SEBASTIAN HORST AND GITTE HOLTEN INGERSLEV What can the teacher do to create a good teaching environment? · 106 Research-based starting points for planning teaching · 110 Research-based education requires integration with research facilities · 111 Resources · 112 Literature · 113 3.1 Who are the students? · 115 BJØRN FRIIS JOHANNSEN, LARS ULRIKSEN AND HENRIETTE TOLSTRUP HOLMEGAARD Challenges to teaching: Who are the students? · 118 Options · 124 Conclusion · 132 Resources · 132 Literature · 133 3.2 Course descriptions · 135 FREDERIK VOETMANN CHRISTIANSEN, SEBASTIAN HORST AND CAMILLA ØSTERBERG RUMP Course descriptions are part of the regulations · 135 What should a course description include? · 136 Goal descriptions and the Danish Qualifications Framework · 137 How do competences, skills and knowledge differ from one another? · 139 Conclusion · 146 Resources · 147 Literature · 147 3.3 Session planning · 149 PETER STRAY JØRGENSEN The teacher’s challenges · 149 The teacher’s planning · 150 Handouts as learning tools · 159 Reasons · 161 Resources · 162 Literature · 162 3.4 Course planning · 165 PETER STRAY JØRGENSEN Challenges · 165 The course planner’s options · 167 A course’s content · 167 The course’s framework · 169 Rationales · 172 Resources · 173 Literature · 174 3.5 Instructing written assignments · 175 PETER STRAY JØRGENSEN Instructions, options · 175 Rationales · 177 Resources · 177 Literature · 177 4.1 Lecturing · 179 BETTINA DAHL AND RIE TROELSEN Introduction · 179 Pedagogical challenges · 179 Considerations before a lecture · 181 Activities while you lecture · 184 Rationales · 186 The lecturer as a performer · 187 Resources · 188 Literature · 188
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